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Vanilla Garlic is my nifty food blog that I tinker at with essays about life and food that I like to think are humorous or thoughtful. I also work as a freelance writer and a cookbook author. Whether I succeed at any of this debatable.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007

I busted these out after a bad meal, which I promise I will recount later. I needed to erase the stagnant memory of the interchangeable bar, crappy music, poor service, and annoying patrons. So I checked out what I had sitting around the house. My friend Eric and my partner Rob both wanted something sweet, so of course we went the cupcake route. I didn't have any chocolate or cocoa powder so I had to resort to box mix.

Dark chocolate cake mix to be exact. But if you know me, I can't just do plain chocolate. Oh no. We have to mix it up. All the ladies clap your hands, we're gonna mix it up in here. We broke out the cinnamon and a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. No boring cupcakes here.

Girls, let me tell you, boredom is the mother of all invention. They say idle hands are the devil's tools. The cure for boredom is curiosity, but there is no cure for curiosity. Curiosity killed the cat. A cat's got nine lives. Man only has one, so live life like there's no tomorrow. Cause tomorrow may not come. But no worries. The sun'll come out tomorrow. So rise and shine. It's a brand new day. Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't make that day tomorrow. So spice it up! Carpe diem!

Sounds great, peppers and chocolate are a classic combo in Mexican recipes (e.g. mole poblano). There was a great ice cream made briefly with almonds covered in chocolate and peppers, in a mostly vanilla base. Have to try to find some of the Red Fire ice cream. So, you could use the recipe for a Devil's Food cake and make it from scratch. Had an old one that called for mayonnaise (from Mahon, Menorca, Espana)as the secret ingredient.

I made these for my BIL stationed overseas and shipped them to him. I baked it into a mason jar so it was more of cake. Great recipe & infamous now. I dubbed the cakes "Firecracker Cake". Thanks for the recipe.

I salute you, this is absolutely an amazing alliterative amalgamation. It came to me in a dream to add cherry to the mix somehow...pureed, or maybe a splash of kirsch or cherry liqueur...what do you think?

OMG these are amazing I have recently started a cupcake business and was looking for something spicy and found this recipe. I did use my own chocolate recipe from scratch and topped them with cream cheese butter cream,dusted the powdered sugar around the edges and sprinkled cinnamon sugar on top. These might be the best yet. People love them, the chipotle makes them so moist and just a hint of hot mixed with cinnamon...mmmmmm

Hey, you're leaving a comment! That's pretty darn cool, so thanks. If you have any questions or have found an error on the site or with a recipe, please e-mail me and I will reply as soon as possible.~Garrett